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Disability
Unum
ABOUT DISABILITY
Disability insurance protects one of your most valuable assets, your paycheck. This insurance will replace a portion of your income in the event that you become physically unable to work due to sickness or injury for an extended period of time.
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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Please read carefully the following description of your Unum Educator Select Income Protection Plan insurance. Your Plan Eligibility
Guarantee Issue
Benefit Amount You are eligible for disability coverage if you are an active employee in the United States working a minimum of 20 hours per week. The date you are eligible for coverage is the later of: the plan effective date; or the day after you complete the waiting period. Current Employees: Coverage is available to you without answering any medical questions or providing evidence of insurability. You may enroll on or before the enrollment deadline. After the initial enrollment period, you can apply only during an annual enrollment period. New Hires: Coverage is available to you without answering any medical questions or providing evidence of insurability. You may apply for coverage within 60 days after your eligibility date. If you do not apply within 60 days after your eligibility date, you can apply only during an annual enrollment period. Benefits are subject to the pre-existing condition exclusion referenced later in this document. Please see your Plan Administrator for your eligibility date. You may purchase a monthly benefit in $100 units, starting at a minimum of $200, up to 66 2/3% of your monthly earnings rounded to the nearest $100, but not to exceed a monthly maximum benefit of $8,000. Please see your Plan Administrator for the definition of monthly earnings. Disability - per $100 in benefit Elimination Period 0/7 14/14 30/30 60/60 90/90 180/180 $3.20 $2.82 $2.39 $1.55 $1.34 $0.98
Elimination Period The total benefit payable to you on a monthly basis (including all benefits provided under this plan) will not exceed 100% of your monthly earnings unless the excess amount is payable as a Cost-of-Living Adjustment. However, if you are participating in Unum’s Rehabilitation and Return to Work Assistance program, the total benefit payable to you on a monthly basis (including all benefits provided under this plan) will not exceed 110% of your monthly earnings (unless the excess amount is payable as a Cost-ofLiving Adjustment). The Elimination Period is the length of time of continuous disability, due to sickness or injury, which must be satisfied before you are eligible to receive benefits. You may choose an Elimination Period (injury/sickness) of 0/7, 14/14, 30/30, 60/60, 90/90 or 180/180 days.
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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Elimination Period Cont’d. If, because of your disability, you are hospital confined as an inpatient, benefits begin on the first day of inpatient confinement. Inpatient means that you are confined to a hospital room due to your sickness or injury for 23 or more consecutive hours. (Applies to Elimination Periods of 30 days or less.)
Benefit Duration Your duration of benefits is based on your age when the disability occurs.
Pre-existing Condition Exclusion Plan: ADEA I: Your duration of benefits is based on the following table: Age at Disability Maximum Duration of Benefits Less than age 60 To age 65, but not less than 5 years Age 60 60 months Age 61 48 months Age 62 42 months Age 63 36 months Age 64 30 months Age 65 24 months Age 66 21 months Age 67 18 months Age 68 15 months Age 69 and over 12 months
For Disabilities due to a Pre-Existing Condition: Benefits will not be paid for disabilities caused by, contributed to by, or resulting from a pre-existing condition. You have a pre-existing condition if: • you received medical treatment, consultation, care or services including diagnostic measures, or took prescribed drugs or medicines in the 3 months just prior to your effective date of coverage; and the disability begins in the first 12 months after your effective date of coverage. Maximum Period of Payment is 4 weeks.
